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It’s difficult to describe the artist Fina la Ina though one critic has tried their best: “Fina La Ina is a whirlwind spectacle who leaves no one indifferent.” If you have ever seen her you know her performances happen “with the force of a cyclone,” or as the song says, at the end of the show even the tables want to applaud. She masterfully interprets songs that are a bit cabaret, a bit punk, incorporating dancing and wisely seasoned theatrical elements to portray different characters in each of the songs.
This is how Fina La Ina creates a special musical treat that delights audiences. Her voice, dancing, drama and hilarious performances will impress lovers of music, theatre and laughter. She collaborates with a talented team of musicians like Ayose Armas a musical creator with formidable acting skills, capable of adapting his show to any space, pianist Oscar Machencoses and coaxes the audience to eat right of her hand. Under her spell, even the most abstemious take a drink and end up hooked.
The scene is reminiscent of chanteuses of the past, but with a decidedly more punk flavour, a dose of hyperbole and the space allows for improvisation. As they play, the songs characterize their protagonists, generating dramatic tension as to what, how and when the action will happen. Intermission leaves you spellbound with suspense as to how the spectacle will end. Following the scene’s conclusion, you will laugh, cry and jump out of your seat to ask “When is the next show?”
Fina was born in Guardiola de Berga, Barcelona, in 1972 and, as she says, was raised or ruined growing up within a humble family in L´Hospitalet de Llobregat. Though far from that cradle, she regularly returns home, where her roots produce the sap that nourishes her art. In certain ways it is hard to imagine her outside the context of the neighbourhood where she grew up and profoundly difficult to separate her from her unconditional family, not related by blood, her artistic brethren, who impulse her creativity forward. Once I became her brother and I can assure you that Fina pierces the body like an unexpected whirlwind, leaving you bewildered, not knowing what happened.
You can catch this stunning balladeer in Robadors 23 in the terrace of The Jardinet and at El Llantiol, in downtown Barcelona, as well as at the Legal Deposit L´Hospitalet de Llobregat. She also has upcoming performances this November in the town of Abrera. Rent apartments in Barcelona and come to see her, and if you want more info, check out http://www.myspace.com/finalaina and “toast a Koplan” to your health
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